Estranged husband tries to use COVID-19 as a cover for murder
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[This story originally aired on May 8, 2021.] PETER VAN SANT [reading texts]: "Good morning. Tested positive for Coronavirus early this morning. That means I have to stay here for at least two weeks …" CHRICHET MIXON [reading text]: "I consulted with the virus screening hotline and admitted myself into the Jupiter Medical Center's emergency room …" 911 CALL: I need to get help for my friend that's missing. I don't know how to put into words, but I know she's in very grave danger right now. NEIGHBOR: I heard a really serious woman's scream, just screaming, like she was being attacked. … And then I heard her scream "No" and then I heard something about "it hurts, stop it." The scream was really serious. SUSAN WARNER: Who is it? SUSAN WARNER: Gretchen's been in touch with me 'cause she's in the CDC Center. She has the virus. SUSAN WARNER: He had said he was going to Costa Rica. Riviera Beach Police body cam video: FEMALE OFFICER Get down! MALE OFFICER: Stop resisting me! DET. JARED KENERSON: Hey David. DET. JARED KENERSON: There's a warrant for your arrest, I'm gonna explain that when— DET. JARED KENERSON: We have obtained … a warrant for your arrest for murder. DAVID ANTHONY: … so she was travelling with me up to El Paso. … We were driving separate vehicle, so she bolted. DET. JARED KENERSON: There's no record of her being in any hospital for COVID-19. Zero record. DET. KELLY SANDERS: You have her phone. You sent the text messages. You got — You planted her car at Jupiter Medical Center because you're on video doing it. DET. KELLY SANDERS: You put your hand over her mouth and dragged her into the garage. DET. JARED KENERSON [holding up photo]: You see that little girl right there? I want you to look at her. DAVID ANTHONY: I was the one who taught her how to ride a bicycle and shoot a hoop and use her awareness. DET. KELLY SANDERS: We have it on video in black and white. DET. JARED KENERSON: David, you want a water? DAVID ANTHONY: I've raised the girl since she was 2 years old. I know her voice. DET. JARED KENERSON: You are a monster for what you did. DAVID ANTHONY: I'll ask for a lawyer. NEWS REPORT: According to a just released arrest report, a neighbor heard a woman's blood-curdling scream at about six in the morning March 21. SARAH CAREY: You used what you did to negotiate something for yourself … You are pure evil. DAVID ANTHONY: My illusions saw the COVID pandemic as an end of the world prophecy, an Armageddon that I felt compelled to escape no matter the cost. … Instead of being a man, I chose to be a coward. I tried to steal what wasn't mine, and in the process, I ended a life. Her life had value, her life had meaning, and I stole that life.
When friends and family of a Jupiter, Florida, mother began receiving texts revealing she had a serious case of coronavirus, they grew worried. But Gretchen Anthony hadn't talked to anyone and wasn't answering her phone. Was she really sending the text messages? Or was someone using COVID-19 to cover up her disappearance? Her daughter replied: "OK I really hope you get better" DET. JOSEPH COUNIHAN: Jupiter police. Hello. Hi. Sorry to bother you. DET. JOSEPH COUNIHAN: OK. What CDC center is she at? DAVID ANTHONY: Can I get up? MALE OFFICER: Sir! Flat on your face, hands out like an airplane! DAVID ANTHONY: Who are you? DAVID ANTHONY: For — for what? DAVID ANTHONY: OK. She's alive. DAVID ANTHONY: OK. Doesn't — doesn't mean anything. DET. JARED KENERSON: We have all that information. DET. JARED KENERSON: It's on video, David. DAVID ANTHONY: I love her dearly. I love her dearly. DET. JARED KENERSON: And that's awesome. Yup and that's awesome. DAVID ANTHONY: You don't have video of me killing her. DAVID ANTHONY: I had nothing to do with it. DET. JARED KENERSON: No problem. SARAH CAREY: You stole a mother away from her child, a daughter away from her mother … You are a monster. You are a coward. … You can never be forgiven.
It was March 2020, and the COVID-19 pandemic was stretching across the country. SUSAN WARNER: I don't know. She texted me this morning and said she was in there. I have the text, would you like to see it? FEMALE OFFICER: No! Get down! DET. JARED KENERSON: My name is Jared Kenerson, I'm a detective with the Jupiter Police Department. DET. JARED KENERSON: Excuse me? DAVID ANTHONY: She had me do it. She had me do it. DAVID ANTHONY: She's still alive. DET. JARED KENERSON: Look at her!! I know you do. Look at her real good. DET. KELLY SANDERS: Then do what's right for her. DET. KELLY SANDERS: How do you know what we have? DET. JARED KENERSON: You are a monster. DET. JARED KENERSON: I'm not asking you any more questions.
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